Tom Wright’s new play for Malthouse poses a fundamental question: who can truly own land?
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While the writing and main star Noni Hazlehurst shine, the play is let down by poor design choices.
The Sydney Theatre Company’s newest offering is The Talented Mr. Ripley. Is Australian theatre over-reliant on novel adaptations?
This show is infused with signature Pony Cam high-energy physicality. An extended dance sequence set to Russian dance music showcases their extraordinary prowess.
A new adaptation of Max Porter’s novella brings the story of devastation and tentative renewal to the stage at Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney.
Commissioned by ACMI, Back to Back’s latest offering is a screen project that reenacts a section of Shakespeare’s Henry V.
Set in the turbulent early Roman Republic the play follows the glorious rise of Coriolanus, a terrifying war machine on the battlefield.
In Belvoir’s new adaptation of The Spare Room, Judy Davis lights up the stage. But the production does not match Davis’ star performance.
From playwright and director Andrea James, this is theatre that breathes beyond the stage, reconnecting culture and story across generations.
New Australian play The Wrong Gods traces the triumphs and tribulations of a single mother fighting to protect her valley from the ‘new’ world.
This new play at Belvoir follows three best friends who share a house together in 1960s Redfern, the heart of ‘Blak Sydney’.
This new production from Sport for Jove presents eight of Shakepeare’s history plays in order. It is stupendously absorbing and exquisitely realised.
The Removalists was first performed in 1971. This new production by the Melbourne Theatre Company celebrates the enduring appeal of the play.
The highlights of the 2025 Perth Festival embraced Australian First Nations and contemporary Southeast Asian storytelling.
Through the vehicle of a family drama, Melbourne Theatre Company’s play emphasises the value of embodied knowledge – and how this can never be replaced by AI.
A plane has left Earth because Earth is dying. The journey is an escape for survival, but they are taking Earth-created social inequalities with them.
In an era of heated debate about transparency and fake news, Malthouse Theatre’s Truth is a vital and edgy work from Patricia Cornelius and Susie Dee.
This new play by Emily Steel at the State Theatre Company South Australia exposes the crawling, ruthless, yet undeniably comic underside of politics.
This year, Malthouse Theatre brings audiences a new kind of Christmas variety show: F Christmas is a camp Christmas pageant.
The new musical by Paul Hodge retains the uniquely Australian voice of the beloved original material – with plenty to love for younger viewers.
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